Gary Gaines

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Name = Gary Gaines
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Years = 1968-1970
Team = Angelo State
Position = QB
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CoachYears = 1978-1979
1982
1983-1985
1986-1989
1990-1993
1994-1995
1996-1999
2000-2004
CoachTeams = Denver City
Amarillo Tascosa HS
Monahans HS
Odessa Permian HS
Texas Tech (LBs coach)
Abilene HS
San Angelo Central HS
Abilene Christian
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Gary Gaines (born May 4, 1949) was the head coach of the 1988 Permian High School football team which was the focus of the H.G. Bissinger book "" and the 2004 motion picture "Friday Night Lights" starring Billy Bob Thornton. Gaines would go on to work as an assistant at Texas Tech University recruiting and coaching linebackers such as current NFL player Zach Thomas. In 2005 Gaines would then move on to serve as the athletic director for Ector County Independent School District, the same district of which Permian High School is a part. In 2007 he would take the position of athletic director for the Lubbock Independent School District.

Coach Gary Gaines is also a public speaker. Speaking to high schools and colleges across the country, Gary gives insight on teamwork, leadership, winning and success on and off the field.

Gaines served as the head football coach at Abilene Christian University from 2000-04. The Wildcats won the Lone Star Conference South Division championship in 2002.

External links

* [http://www.kylgrafx.com/mojo/gaines.htm Permian Panther Football]